Key-chain.



R. WAGHENHEIM.

KEY CHAIN.

l APPLIoATIoN FILED 111111114, 1911.

1,048,01 1. Patented Dec. 24, 19121,

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, ROBERT WACHENHEIM,`OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KEY-CHAIN.

Toa/ZZ whom tt may concern;

Be it known t-hat I, ROBERT WAGHENHEIM, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and .State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key- Chains, of which the following is a specification.

It has heretofore been the custom to secure i to one end of the chain a button loop adapted to slip over, one of the suspender buttons secured tothe waist-band of a pair of trousers, one end of the suspender being then attached to the button, whereby the chain is securely fastened to the trousers and all danger of the same becoming accidentally disengaged therefrom avoided. As is well-known, it is now the custom at certain periods of the year, particularly during the summer season, to substitute for the Suspenders a belt, with which to support the trousers, the suspender` buttons being omitted from the waist-band or attached to the inner side or surface thereof. In order, therefore, to securely fasten the chain to the clothing in such instance, it has been attempted to encircle the belt, and sometimes the suspender end, with a part of the chain, and in some way securely fasten the latter thereto; but such has proved to be inconvenient as well as unsafe and unsightly, and

p to overcome theseobjections I have devised means whereby the chain may be neatly and securely fastened in place, either to a sus? pender butto-n or to the belt, as may be desired or rendered necessary.

lVith this and other ends in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in t-he claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a viewV in elevation of a key-chain constructed in accordance with my invention, a portion of a belt being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows the chain reversed and suspended from a button attached to the waistspecincauon of Lettersrafent. Patented Dec 24, 1912, Application lled June 14, 1911.

Serial No. 633,087.

band of a pairv of trousers, t-he button and portion of the waist-band being shown in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, 5.represents a chain, kof any desired kind, type or style, and of `any suitable length, usuall employed in the manufacture of articles o this kind. To one end of the chain is secured a fastener 6, termed by me a belt loop, preferably continuous piece of wire, this loop being of sufficient length and breadth as to nicely contain a belt 7, such as is usually worn 'around the Waist to support a pair of trousers in lieu of Suspenders. On the opposite end of the chain is secured vwhat is generally known and referred to by the trade and public as a formed of wire and of the s hape such as that of the button loops commonly provided on the ends of the straps of overalls and other like garments, this loop being adapted to fit over a suspender button. .In those instances where no suspender buttons are pro; vided on the waist-band of the trousers, and a belt 7 `worn as a substitute for the suspenders to support the trousers, the chain is suspended as illustrated in Fig. l, that is, the belt 7 is passed through the loop 6, the key-ring 9, with its attached keys 10, being hung on the button loop 8; when, however, trousers are worn provided on the waistband with buttons 11, sewed or otherwise attached to the waist-band 12, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and to which buttons Suspenders. are to be attached, the chain is reversed, the` key-ring 9,' with its attached keys 10, being engaged with the belt loop 6, the button loop 8 being passed over and engaged with the button 11.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the key-chain so constructed and arranged may be worn and conveniently and securely attached either to the belt or to a suspender button, it vbeing necessary only `to reverse the chain end for vend, and the key-ring 9 engaged with the button loop 8 or belt loop 6, according to which fastening means, that is, the but-ton or belt, is provided. Furthermore, the attachment of the chain in either instance is much neater in appearance and much more secure than in those instances wherein it has been attempted to encircle the suspended end or the belt by a part of the cham itself.

I am aware that chains have heretofore and such as is formed of a single button loop 8, also preferably been made provided at both ends with butl` waist-band of trousers, and hence .I make no claim to such; but I am not aware that a. chain has heretofore been made having at one end a belt loop, and at the opposite end a button loop, with either of which a. keyring may be secured or engaged, and hence 4 What I claim is:-

An article of the character described consisting of a flexible chain provided at one end witha .loop oblongin shape and adapted to encircle a belt, and at the opposite end with a loop adapted .to engage with a but- -ton, whereby the article 'may be secured State of New York, this 7th day of June,

ROBERT WACHENHEIM.

Witnesses:

l A. V. WALSH, v H. M. WHITE. 

